4/24

Today in Western Civilization we took the entire class to meet with our partners to talk about our projects. Sydney and I met and figured out when we could meet to work on it. I figured out two desserts we could make as an extra part to our main project. I hope we will be able to finish this project early so it won’t be as stressful. I have to buy the laundry basket and spray paint this weekend. I am going to try and spray paint it soon so that it will be ready when we want to work on it.

4/23

Today in Western Civilization we went through a slideshow with all the lyrics from Mr. Schick’s rap about Rome. The notes that I took were from what Mr. Schick said. Here are the notes that I wrote down.

Tarquin the Proud

·      “Proud” was not a compliment

·      A tyrant – really harsh

·      He wasn’t going to die anytime soon

·      Tarquin’s son raped an older woman that was highly looked up to by the Roman citizens (Lucretia)

·      Most leaders would have punished their son but he had no intension of punishment

·      His son had no remorse

·      This woman felt so guilty that she was the victim, she committed suicide

·      Romans were outraged and ran Tarquin out of Rome

·      At this point, they were done with a monarchy

·      They put three governments together – democracy, an aristocracy, and a monarchy

·      Why a monarchy? If the leader is a good leader, then the citizens are happy with having him be in control

·      Most power came from the aristocracy – the people with the most money

·      Roman legion – improved phalanx

·      A Roman century had eighty men

Punic Wars

·      Conflict of passage and trade

·      Three different series of battles

·      Rome won the first battle against Carthage

·      Hannibal of Carthage took hundreds of elephants, picked up more people on the journey, and attacked Rome from behind

·      Carthage won the second battle

·      Rome took over Carthage and won the third battle

4/22

Today in Western Civilization we took notes on Rome. Before we took notes, Mr. Schick rapped a song about Rome as Chi-Cago. Here are the notes that I took.

Italy is in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea.

Rome is on a hill, which is very good for them.

The people who lived in the Italian Peninsula thought that they lived in the middle of the world.

City State Empire: The Roman Republic (4 of 4)

·      Republic Values

-           Romans had strong values and a particular connection to the gods Jupiter (Zeus), Juno (Hera), and Minerva (Athena)

-           Romans believed that it was every citizens duty to participate in government and war, excluding women

-           The Roman family and clan (group of related families) was paternalistic and the “family fear_ had complete control

-           Married women were also revered in Rome as “matrons”

-           “Pater familias” – head of the family (family-father)

Roman Expansion (1 of 3)

·      Allies and Colonies

-           Rome was a military culture and made a number of improvements to the older Greek tactics which made their armies nimble and effective

-           When Rome conquered a neighboring territory, they often extended Roman rights and privileges to the conquered people, absorbing them into Rome itself

-           Non-Romans in Italy anxious to become citizens, incentivized to become allies of Rome

Tarquin the Proud – Leader, monarch, bad to his people

Rome overthrew Tarquin

New form of government – Republic

Republic was a mix of three other types of governments  - Democracy/Aristocracy/and a small part Monarchy

They had two consols because they didn’t want one to have too much power

Senate and Assembly could over rule the leader

4/20 Notes on Rome

Today in Western Civilization we took notes on Rome. Here are my notes.

Rome

Etruscans, Greeks, and Latin – first settlers on the peninsula

Ninth Century – Etruscans move into Italy

-Greeks have colonies all around the Mediterranean in Tiber River

City State and Empire: The Roman Republic (1 of 4)

·      Italy and Its People

-       Indo-European tribes moved into the Italian peninsula and some settled along the Tiber River creating the city-state known as Rome

-       The Etruscan people, originally from the east, had settled in the north of Italy and were also influenced by the Greek’s settlements to their south and learned the alphabet and city-state organization from them

Remus and Romulus – brothers

-       Mother: Ria Sylvia and Mars, a god, had an affair and had the boys

-       The twins were abandoned to die in the river

-       The River carried them to safety

-       She-wolf took care of them

-       A Shepard and his wife eventually “adopted” them

-       Both grew up to be leaders

-       They had an argument over where their land would be

-       Romulus killed Remus because of the argument

City State and Empire: The Roman Republic (2 of 4)

·      The Roman Republic: The Senate and the People

-       Originally, Rome was a monarchy on the Etruscan model with a council of elders called the “Senate”

-       C. 500 B.C., the Romans overthrew their monarchy and established a “Republic”

-       Since the Senate was populated only by patricians (aristocratic men), the plebeians (ordinary citizens) fought for a vote in Rome’s government

-       Each year the Senate elected two rules, “consuls,” who each served a term of one year

-       As in the Greek City-States, the Romans would appoint a single dictator in times on war or conflict

City State and Empire: The Roman Republic (3 of 4)

·      The Roman Republic: The Senate and the People

-       Eventually the plebeians gained power in the Senate by electing their own magistrates called “tribunes”

-       In 450 B.C.,  the laws of Rome were codified and written into the “Twelve Tablets”

-       The “mixed” government of patricians and plebeians had many of the checks and balances that modern democracies have today